Park Bites
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Well my guy was Justin patton when he was still projected in the 40s.
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Disagree with you completely about Ojeleye. I think he will be one of the biggest steals of this class. He was 2nd among the DX top 100 college prospects in offensive rating (those who played significant minutes anyway). Only player ahead of him was Lauri Markkanen. At 240 pounds he outperformed much smaller players at the combine athletically. Both in straight line speed and in agility. His points per possession are great. He grades as one of the best pick and pop and spot up shooters in the class. He's highly efficient from everywhere- 52.9% from 2, 42.4% from 3, 78.5% from the ft line. He gets to the line a LOT, 8.0 fta per 40 pace adjusted. He doesn't turn the ball over often, 1.4 TOPG. All of his weaknesses (decision making, shot selection, lateral quickness on defense, improving isolation moves) can all be improved on with hard work. And what do you know, he's raved about by scouts for his work ethic.
Park Bites
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Disagree with you completely about Ojeleye. I think he will be one of the biggest steals of this class. He was 2nd among the DX top 100 college prospects in offensive rating (those who played significant minutes anyway). Only player ahead of him was Lauri Markkanen. At 240 pounds he outperformed much smaller players at the combine athletically. Both in straight line speed and in agility. His points per possession are great. He grades as one of the best pick and pop and spot up shooters in the class. He's highly efficient from everywhere- 52.9% from 2, 42.4% from 3, 78.5% from the ft line. He gets to the line a LOT, 8.0 fta per 40 pace adjusted. He doesn't turn the ball over often, 1.4 TOPG. All of his weaknesses (decision making, shot selection, lateral quickness on defense, improving isolation moves) can all be improved on with hard work. And what do you know, he's raved about by scouts for his work ethic.[/QUOTE]
AMEN. Rep incoming
Park Bites
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Sorry have to spread it around
Cappy_Smurf
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There's also a good number of BYU pukes who are bitter that BYU never puts out any NBA quality players, and therefore try to discredit legit players from the U.
Actually, that's incorrect. There used to be a good number, but for some reason, those posters have gotten a LOT quieter over the last few years. Wonder why that is?
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Disagree with you completely about Ojeleye. I think he will be one of the biggest steals of this class. He was 2nd among the DX top 100 college prospects in offensive rating (those who played significant minutes anyway). Only player ahead of him was Lauri Markkanen. At 240 pounds he outperformed much smaller players at the combine athletically. Both in straight line speed and in agility. His points per possession are great. He grades as one of the best pick and pop and spot up shooters in the class. He's highly efficient from everywhere- 52.9% from 2, 42.4% from 3, 78.5% from the ft line. He gets to the line a LOT, 8.0 fta per 40 pace adjusted. He doesn't turn the ball over often, 1.4 TOPG. All of his weaknesses (decision making, shot selection, lateral quickness on defense, improving isolation moves) can all be improved on with hard work. And what do you know, he's raved about by scouts for his work ethic.[/QUOTE]
First of all, the guy you're arguing with is a troll. Otherwise, people sometimes like to talk about what certain prospects can't do. They say things like, "I wish he were an inch taller, or had an inch or two longer wingspan..." instead of looking at what a player CAN do. Ojeleye is a very good athlete and hard worker, who can shoot pretty well and will be able to defend wings unless they are super long or super explosive, in which case they'd be hard for anyone to guard. Ojeleye has trouble rebounding and sometimes has a hard time getting by bigger players. At the same time, his ball skills are pretty rudimentary and he uses his bulk to push past defenders rather than having much shiftiness. That limits him somewhat, but if he can operate in space, which a good NBA team can create for him, he might prove to be an adequate rotation player. The question is what he'll be able to do when he gets chased off the 3-pt. line or has his go-to move taken away by a defender. He might end up as a guy who comes off the bench, but in the right situation he might be able to develop his power game more and be something like a Tobias Harris secondary scorer. Just imo.
I think he gets picked somewhere around 25. I don't know how his workouts have been going.
I'm starting to really like this guy at #55. Former RSCI #14 prospect out of high school. AAU teammate of Ben Simmons. Playing at LSU with no one to pass the ball to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=480paIzex9A&t=131s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=480paIzex9A&t=131s
Park Bites
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First of all, the guy you're arguing with is a troll. Otherwise, people sometimes like to talk about what certain prospects can't do. They say things like, "I wish he were an inch taller, or had an inch or two longer wingspan..." instead of looking at what a player CAN do. Ojeleye is a very good athlete and hard worker, who can shoot pretty well and will be able to defend wings unless they are super long or super explosive, in which case they'd be hard for anyone to guard. Ojeleye has trouble rebounding and sometimes has a hard time getting by bigger players. At the same time, his ball skills are pretty rudimentary and he uses his bulk to push past defenders rather than having much shiftiness. That limits him somewhat, but if he can operate in space, which a good NBA team can create for him, he might prove to be an adequate rotation player. The question is what he'll be able to do when he gets chased off the 3-pt. line or has his go-to move taken away by a defender. He might end up as a guy who comes off the bench, but in the right situation he might be able to develop his power game more and be something like a Tobias Harris secondary scorer. Just imo.
I think he gets picked somewhere around 25. I don't know how his workouts have been going.[/QUOTE]
One of the big reason I like Semi so much is because we have the perfect mentor for him in Joe Johnson. The way johnson plays now is what we want Semi to do. Post up smaller defenders and take bigger defender out the 3 point line. If we keep hayward then Semi becomes the 6th man off the bench type of role and that is what he will thrive at.
